The best in sports photography from The Mining Journal for the week of Oct. 23-29

MOUNT PLEASANT — When it was all said and done Saturday afternoon, things had gone pretty “pleasantly” for the Marquette football team. A week after picking up their first playoff win in a decade and their first ever at home, the Redmen traveled downstate and took down Mount Pleasant ...

HARRIS — The Manistique High School volleyball team rallied from losing the first set Friday night to defeat Bark River-Harris in four sets, 19-25, 25-16, 25-18, 25-19, and win an MHSAA Division 3 district championship in Harris. “I think we just had to remind them of the style of play ...

Up next: MHSAA Division 6 district final: Negaunee (5-3 — 22.000 playoff points) at Calumet (4-3 — 23.033 points), next weekend at a time and day to be determined ------------------ ISHPEMING — Turnovers can be costly to a football team in the playoffs and even more so if the ...

"We got comfortable being uncomfortable, which is kind of our motto going forward." — Eric Mason, Marquette football head coach, on facing windy conditions to open the MHSAA playoffs on Saturday ----------------- MARQUETTE — The Marquette Senior High School football team looked like ...

GWINN — It wasn’t an easy climb, but the Negaunee High School volleyball team got to hoist a trophy on Thursday night. After having practices and matches come to a screeching halt two weeks ago, the Miners overcame those obstacles and took down Gwinn in four sets to win an MHSAA Division ...